Month: June 2017

Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover first link to be operational by Aug 31

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Minister for Public Works, Naeem Akhtar today held an extensive tour of Srinagar city to take stock of the pace of work on various developmental projects. The Minister called on the officials to ensure all projects are completed within the deadline. While visiting the under construction Rambagh Flyover, the Minister expressed his satisfaction over the pace of work. The Minister was informed that more than 1 km of flyover stretch is complete with slab and other works. He was informed that the first link of the flyover connecting Amar Singh…

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JKNPP protests against govt’s ‘Failure’ to deport Rohingyas

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The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) staged a protest here on Monday against the state government’s “failure” to deport the Rohingyas and Bangladeshis from Jammu. Led by JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh, the workers of the party staged a protest at the Exhibition Ground and raised anti-government slogans, besides shouting “Rohingyas, quit Jammu” and “Bangladeshis, go back”. They also torched an effigy of the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to look into the issue. Addressing the media, Singh later claimed that the government acknowledged that Rohingyas and Bangladeshi…

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NIA raids, ‘Fake Reporting’ aimed to crush Kashmir Economy: KEA

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Chairman, Kashmir Economic Alliance, Muhammad Yasin Khan today alleged that the NIA raids on business houses in Kashmir and “fake reporting” by some New Delhi based channels point to “a conspiracy aimed to crush Kashmir economy.” Khan in a statement said, “After wounding the people of Kashmir through human rights abuses, the government wants the economic activities to bleed and it was because of this that some businessmen have either been raided or their names have been falsely reported by a section of media”. “Kashmir Inc is being systematically dragged…

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Pakistan can not take Kashmir issue to ICJ: Sushma Swaraj

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Asserting India’s stand that Islamabad cannot take Kashmir issue to the International Court of Justice and the issue has be to resolved bilaterally. India wants to settle all issues with Pakistan through Highlighting the achievement of the Modi government’s three years of achievements, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj reiterated India’s stand that India wants to settle all issues with Pakistani through dialogue, but talks and terror cannot go together. While denying any flip-flop on the part of government in handling Pakistan, the Minister ruled out any meeting between Prime Minister…

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Panic at NIT as Pak group hacks institute website

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A day after Pakistan’s defeat in the ICC Champion’s Trophy against India, Pak Cyber Skullz, a Pakistan-based hacker group, today hacked the official website of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar. Students of the NIT said the official website was hacked in frustration as Pakistan lost the ICC champion’s Trophy match against India on Sunday. The hacker group has mentioned on the home page that it hacked the website to “free Kashmir from India.” The official NIT website www.nitsri.ac.in was hacked around 3:30 pm today, creating panic among students…

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Indian news channels hell-bent to destroy Kashmir Tourism Industry

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Valley based tourism players on Monday appealed people to boycott watching Indian news channels which they claimed have been ‘portraying’ Kashmir affairs in negative way under a well planned manner to crush its economy. Addressing a press conference at a local hotel here, people associated with Kashmir tourism industry alleged that some selected Indian news channels are hell-bent on crushing state economy by portraying Kashmir in negative way in their news debates from dawn to dusk. Taking a jibe at the central government for supporting what they termed pseudo-nationalist news…

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Joint resistance camp meet over NIA raids foiled, Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz detained

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Police on Monday foiled a proposed meeting of the joint resistance leadership at the Hyderpora residence of Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani. The octogenarian leader continues to be house detention at his residence. Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest late Sunday to prevent him from attending the joint resistance camp meet, said a spokesman. He said that the Mirwaiz was to attend the joint resistance meeting at veteran leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s residence in Hyderpora today, and later address a joint press conference. “But…

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Clashes erupt in Sumbal against ‘Militant Killings’; Cellular Network, Internet Shut

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Cellular network including mobile internet has also been suspended in Sumbal. Only State-run BSNL phones are working. Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday. Witnesses said that youth took to streets and pelted stones on Police Station Sumbal to protest the killing of four “militants” by government forces in an “encounter” early today. “The police personnel present inside the police station responded by firing tear smoke shells,” they said. Meanwhile, a complete shutdown is being observed in Sumbal against the…

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Traders funding separatists to fuel violence in J&K under NIA scanner

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Traders under suspicion used to export goods having over-invoiced bills and they would route the amount thus raised, to pro-freedom leaders for to fund unrest in Kashmir. The trade and business with Pakistan has come under scanner of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), as it has allegedly fallen into the hands of money launderers, who are using it to fund separatists to fuel violence in valley. Several teams of NIA, since the last 48 hours, have been conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Delhi in connection with an…

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JK to promote golf to attract tourists

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To attract tourists, CMMehbooba Mufti has called for promoting golf in the state as an important component of state’s tourism policy. Saying golf attracted the high-end tourists, she directed the department concerned to make efforts to promote golf in the state. The CM said this while chairing the governing body meetings of Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar, and Tawi Golf Course, Sidhra, here on Saturday. She said the golf courses in the state should be promoted by setting up stalls at various golfing venues across the country. As an additional…

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